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secretly an orange cat personal/research/ramble account of @voidfolly.bsky.social. academic, media historian, very sleepy shhh they/he 🧡

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folly (mirror mode) @follyvoid.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
I really don't want to come on here just to vent and complain but... god, it really feels like everything sucks now. every social platform feels awful, everything feels like a commodity, it just like... what do you even do at this point
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folly (mirror mode) @follyvoid.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
I've always kinda been a discord hater but esp. in light of recent discord news: putting entire knowledge bases for a community/interest on a discord server is and always has been immensely unserious behavior and anyone who does it should not be trusted to maintain any information ever
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folly (mirror mode) @follyvoid.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
I love watching videos covering weird disturbing books and I always get the feeling that I could write something like that tbh. like, I've been wanting to write more for years and I feel like I could write some quality freak shit
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folly (mirror mode) @follyvoid.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
I sent my therapist the guide to mod her 3ds and I feel like I'm doing the lord's work
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folly (mirror mode) @follyvoid.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
maybe this isn't a good venue to talk about this but I dunno, I'd rather be open about it than to feel even a single moment of shame about it
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folly (mirror mode) @follyvoid.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
today in therapy I had a moment where I realized just how... upsetting some of what I went through as a teen was. like, to spell out how textbook of a case of grooming I went through, is...it hurts. and I feel so bad for that younger me who had no idea what they were going through
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folly (mirror mode) @follyvoid.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
I know a lot of stories about the "dark web" are just scaremongering but like even the stuff people might reasonably do on there just feels so corny. like ohhhh my god you bought drugs and talked about edgy shit anonymously? should we tell everyone? should we throw a party? should we invite 4chan
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folly (mirror mode) @follyvoid.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
I've been playing too much tony hawk pro skater lately and have become convinced that this should be my personal style irl
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folly (mirror mode) @follyvoid.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
hello if you're a mutual that I met on here I want you to know that I hope you're doing well and I greatly miss talking with you lovely people
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folly (mirror mode) @follyvoid.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
tonight's album on my new mp3 player
youtu.be
The Necks – Disquiet
YouTube video by TheBillser
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folly (mirror mode) @follyvoid.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
I beat Portal on my Switch and I think it's exactly what I needed to remind me why I love video games also it's almost 20 years old jesus christ
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folly (mirror mode) @follyvoid.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
on telegram @ hellodober and on signal @ amp.2468 just to throw it out there
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folly (mirror mode) @follyvoid.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
should I start pushing for people to use Signal again or should I just go back to bed
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folly (mirror mode) @follyvoid.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
one day I will own the $800 49 disk Criterion 40th anniversary box set, mark my words
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folly (mirror mode) @follyvoid.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
moodboard
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folly (mirror mode) @follyvoid.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
"slop" as a descriptor has gotten way too out of hand. I don't even mean for AI shit, people are way too comfortable describing the most mundane shit as fucking *slop*, it's like a thought terminating cliche
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folly (mirror mode) @follyvoid.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
it's obviously disappointing and disgusting but be so fucking for real right now
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folly (mirror mode) @follyvoid.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
the only thing I have to say about the Epstein files is what the fuck did you people expect did you think trump would be like well ya got me here you go, here's All Of My Crimes
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folly (mirror mode) @follyvoid.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
been almost a year since this time in my life and I can firmly say: who the fuck is this. I think I was maybe just Posting Through It because I was having a very difficult time then and things haven't gotten better
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folly (mirror mode) @follyvoid.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
alright I've had a million false starts with books this year but I'm gonna finish this one, this one is important
audiobook of The Politics of Trauma by Staci K. Haines
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folly (mirror mode) @follyvoid.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
I am trying to play older games for inspiration but unfortunately I have ipad baby brain and 98% of games made before 1990 feel like video game homework
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folly (mirror mode) @follyvoid.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
I have assembled my game backlog for 2026 and I will be starting my manifesting and affirmations now because I have beaten one (1) game in 2025 and the total time to beat it was one (1) hour
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folly (mirror mode) @follyvoid.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
I noticed it months ago tbh, the only posts that would get literally any attention were when I quote reposted and after a while I was like... who am I doing this for. I felt so connected and inspired when first starting but then the platform just became so bloated, it was really disheartening
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folly (mirror mode) @follyvoid.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
been feeling very lost in terms of community. feels like every platform is either Yell Into the Void or Small Private Secret Room of 10-50 People. it's hard to know where to go to like... talk to people and share things
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folly (mirror mode) @follyvoid.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
hello I hope anyone still following this account is doing well trying to post anything meaningful and that doesn't appeal to lib brain rot has felt very futile but I'm grateful for the people I met here
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folly (mirror mode) @follyvoid.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
I have a long flight tomorrow, please throw movies/books/games/music at me
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folly (mirror mode) @follyvoid.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
it's not really the same as analog obv but part of the reason I hoped more people would use Signal is because it has a stories feature, and being able to share stuff in a way that was asynchronous and secure and private was honestly really nice
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folly (mirror mode) @follyvoid.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
I'll check metacritic from time to time but at this point it just feels like we're being fed an endless parade of slop. I've lost so much interest in knowing about basically any movies or shows coming out
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folly (mirror mode) @follyvoid.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
this ex also repeatedly argued that Elden Ring is, categorically, a 3d platformer
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folly (mirror mode) @follyvoid.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
one time an ex tried to argue that Satisfactory would never reach version 1.0 because of some meta joke about capitalism and production. when I told him that made no sense from a game dev production standpoint he did not care. this was the rigor that he approached most topics with
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folly (mirror mode) @follyvoid.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
finally visiting home after about 4 months away and I'm... having a lot of conflicting emotions. everything is fine but almost immediately after getting to the house I was just overwhelmed with the feeling that I don't really think I want to come back here again
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folly (mirror mode) @follyvoid.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
if I don't win the lottery tonight it's a government conspiracy against me. if I do win the lottery then god has ordained me to defeat capitalism from within. these are the two outcomes
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folly (mirror mode) @follyvoid.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
also thinking about how I feel like I kinda have autism imposter syndrome where I doubt if I'm autistic or don't feel like I'm "autistic enough" for people to care but then I imagined the look my therapist would give me if I told her that and I have been cured of my imposter syndrome
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folly (mirror mode) @follyvoid.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
kpop doesn't really capture my interest enough for me to be super into it, which is a shame because sometimes you get shit like this with an absolutely banger sample
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folly (mirror mode) @follyvoid.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Powerball is currently $1.7 billion. I hate capitalism and the lottery is a scam on entire classes of people but god damn it would it be nice to win
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folly (mirror mode) @follyvoid.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
I'm still proud of voidfolly.io/stories but I have even more than that, with their own photos too. man I really need to do more with my personal site, I just don't know what
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folly (mirror mode) @follyvoid.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
I have literally hundreds of playlists I wish I could share but trying to force music on people feels like one of the most cringe things in existence
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folly (mirror mode) @follyvoid.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
"life is short, but forever is so god damn long"
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folly (mirror mode) @follyvoid.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
although unlike that song it's become hard for me to give my heart out. I'm thankful to have dynamics that I do feel comfortable giving my full heart to people, but that sort of honeymoon unabashed romantic love is much harder for me to feel safe with, I don't know how much I'll ever give it out
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folly (mirror mode) @follyvoid.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
entering my 20s, I never understood dating. I knew that I loved a lot of people strongly and never felt like I needed to qualify it. when I started dating I had my heart broken a lot, even in polyamory; I think there was an honesty in how I felt before, even if I didn't know how to explain it
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folly (mirror mode) @follyvoid.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
it feels kinda corny to say but Tyler the Creator's song Darling, I made me feel so seen. hearing an artist actually talk about struggling with monogamy, with "forever", and feeling okay with living with that, made me feel genuinely validated
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folly (mirror mode) @follyvoid.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
please recommend me spooky games bckl.gg/oe1H
bckl.gg
'spooky' a list of games by voidfolly | Backloggd
Keep a virtual backlog of your video game collection, then rate and review the ones you've played to share with your friends!
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folly (mirror mode) @follyvoid.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
god damn why is playing games so hard. I installed a bunch but every time I think of playing one it's like I get paralyzed by the fear of Committing Any Time to Anything Ever maybe I should start playing spooky games now so at least I have a theme
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folly (mirror mode) @follyvoid.bsky.social · 31/08/2025
like idk I'm sorry I think this shit kinda whips. if nothing else I have some banger album covers from doing this
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folly (mirror mode) @follyvoid.bsky.social · 31/08/2025
y'know, I enjoy taking photos and I've really struggled to know whether they're any good, but I think I've reached a point where I feel content in finding my own work pretty. like idk I've found a style that makes me feel stuff and that feels significant
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folly (mirror mode) @follyvoid.bsky.social · 31/08/2025
like the themes were cool ig! but literally someone tapping me on the shoulder when I'm not paying attention scares me more than a person in a horrifying outfit jumping out at me it's crazy also there was a Fallout one and it was so booboo, literally most of the characters were just A Guy
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folly (mirror mode) @follyvoid.bsky.social · 31/08/2025
update: we did 5 haunted houses and I was scared once because I literally couldn't see where I was going and then the Terrifier one genuinely got a little jump out of me. otherwise I am apparently impervious to haunted houses also I am the most easily startled person alive in all other contexts
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folly (mirror mode) @follyvoid.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
polls are open cast your votes now
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folly (mirror mode) @follyvoid.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
we are at Universal's Halloween Horror Nights, time to find out if I can still feel fear
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folly (mirror mode) @follyvoid.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
I was watching Lindsay Ellis's newest video and kinda broke down crying a bit at the state of the world. seeing children be exposed to the absolute most horrific experiences imaginable just kinda broke a stoicism I didn't even realize I had been holding onto
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